{"id":199,"date":"2008-11-17T11:35:03","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T16:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress65\/?p=199"},"modified":"2013-02-14T17:11:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T22:11:54","slug":"my-science-fiction-church-st-klingon-references","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/my-science-fiction-church-st-klingon-references\/","title":{"rendered":"My Science Fiction Church: ST  Klingon References"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I attend North Cary Baptist Church, and I&#8217;m frequently pleased by the large proportion of genre fans in our church. (I even blogged about that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/forums\/blog.php?b=41\">in this post<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday Pastor Mark started his sermon by explaining that the title of the book of Acts is the Greek word, &#8220;praxis,&#8221; at which our pianist remarked that Praxis is also the Klingon moon. This prompted the pastor to point out that the Bible is being (or maybe has been) translated into Klingon &#8212; is that right, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrencemschoen.com\/\">Dr. Schoen<\/a>? &#8212; and to give and receive from many of us the Vulcan salute. And at least one of us (that would have been me) exclaimed &#8220;success!&#8221; in Klingon.<\/p>\n<p>We have a great church, and you&#8217;re welcome to visit any time.<\/p>\n<p>[BREAK, BREAK]<\/p>\n<p>In other news, I passed the 85,000-word mark yesterday in MARE NUBIUM, my novel about an early lunar colony. 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